Wireless charging specialist Electreon has announced a strategic collaboration with Jacobs, a global provider of technical professional services. The companies will join forces on selected wireless EV charging projects for fleet operators across the US, including city and state authorities. The two companies are already cooperating on a project to implement a public in-road charging… Read more »
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bp pulse to invest £1 billion in UK EV charging infrastructure
For better or for worse, oil companies are on a buying spree in the EV charging industry. Oil giant bp claims that its EV charging business, bp pulse, is the most used public charging network in the UK. Now the company has announced plans to invest £1 billion over the next 10 years to add… Read more »
Textron to acquire electric aircraft pioneer Pipistrel
Textron (NYSE: TXT), home to the Cessna, Beechcraft, and Bell aviation brands, has agreed to purchase Pipistrel, a developer of electric aircraft based in Slovenia and Italy. Textron plans to form a new business segment, Textron eAviation, focused on the development of sustainable aircraft, which will include Pipistrel. Pipistrel founder and CEO Ivo Boscarol will… Read more »
GM’s lead battery pack engineer to give keynote address at Charged Virtual Conference in April
General Motors is arguably the most charged of the legacy automakers—the company plans to launch 30 new battery-electric vehicles by 2025 across a wide range of segments, all using its next-generation Ultium platform. Charged is pleased to announce that GM’s Engineering Technical Leader for High-Voltage Battery Packs will deliver a keynote address at our upcoming… Charged Virtual Conference on EV Engineering, EV Batteries, EV Motors, EV Power Electronics, GM EVs, GM Ultium, Munro & Associates, Volvo Penta
Halevai’s new electric 24-foot pontoon boat
Electric boat startup Halevai has unveiled its debut craft, the Halevai2050. The American-made Halevai2050 is a 24-foot fully electric pontoon boat that is highly customizable and “affordable” (it starts at $95,000). The Halevai2050 has a top speed of 20 knots and a range of 50 nautical miles (four to six hours of battery operation). The… Read more »
2023 Subaru Solterra: The ‘Love’ brand finally gets an electric SUV
Subaru’s outdoorsy buyers can now travel to their adventures in a zero-emission SUV with the company’s usual all-wheel drive. The new 2023 Subaru Solterra crossover utility vehicle is the first all-electric vehicle from the small Japanese maker known for its rugged, affordable, all-wheel-drive vehicles; adventurous owners; and ads featuring Golden and Labrador Retrievers. For a… Read more »
New report from Motor Intelligence details monthly US EV sales
Back in the early days of the rEVolution, we used to get a detailed monthly report on EV sales, courtesy of InsideEVs, which painstakingly combed through sales figures provided by automakers, and used some educated guessing to make estimates for brands that refused to provide any data (ahem…Tesla). However, for whatever reason, many automakers stopped… Read more »
Soaring raw material prices could reverse the decline in EV battery costs
We EVangelists have gotten used to smugly pointing to the steadily declining costs of batteries (and renewable energy), but thanks to the recent surge in raw material prices, that positive trend could slow, or even go into reverse, according to a recent Reuters report. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused prices of nickel, lithium and… Read more »
Tritium partners with Wise EV to roll out national US charging network
Charging station manufacturer Tritium (Nasdaq: DCFC) has formed a partnership with Wise EV, a subsidiary of renewable energy service provider Wise Power, to provide DC fast chargers for a new national EV charging network. The new network is expected to start with 25 locations at Florida gas stations. Florida is the number-two US state for… Read more »
LG Energy Solution hires AI and data science expert to ramp up smart factories
LG Energy Solution (LGES) has selected Dr. Peter Kyungsuk Pyun for its newly created Chief Digital Officer (CDO) position. “Based on his accumulated experience in world-renowned firms, we expect LGES to take a further step forward in battery manufacturing processes by utilizing AI and big-data technology,” said an LGES spokesperson. After earning a PhD in… Read more »